France has spoken, Macron is president
Ferrand also said the names of Macron's 577 candidates in the legislative elections would be announced this Thursday. On Europe, Macron said he would work to rebuild links between Europe and the people that form it.

Microsoft Charged for 'WannaCry' Patch
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70th Cannes Film Festival kicks off
Going forward, films will only qualify if they have a theatrical release in France (it's unclear whether those two titles will). Arnaud Desplechin's " Ismael's Ghosts ", with Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Cotillard, was the opening-night film.

US special counsel named to investigate Trump-Russia ties
Several aspects of this development are encouraging, beginning with the fact that it was Rosenstein who did the deed. Special counsels are appointed to avoid potential conflicts of interest in Justice Department investigations.

Google shifts mobile focus to apps and digital assistant
News was made in both speech recognition and tensor processing units today, two things to do with Google Assistant's AI smarts. In fact, moving forward every device running Android O or newer with 1 GB RAM or less will default to Go automatically.

Destiny 2 Gameplay Reveal Tomorrow
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Trump to visit Jewish, Christian holy sites in Jerusalem
Asked about the matter, a White House official told Reuters on Tuesday: "These comments were not authorized by the White House". Trump's newest ambassador to Israel David Friedman paid a visit to the Western Wall to pray upon arriving to his new post.

Several Quebec communities coping with flooding

The Canadian military will deploy about 1,200 troops to help deal with the flooding, CBC reported.

Water levels are expected to continue to rise until Thursday, however Environment Canada is predicting heavy rains in many regions of Quebec for Friday and Saturday.

"The water will continue rising over the next two or three days", he said after visiting the town of Rigaud, east of Montreal, which has been flooded for more than a week.

The Quebec government said Canadian Forces personnel had been enlisted to battle the flood waters, but there was no word on how many soldiers would be involved, or when they'd arrive. Officers are continuing to search for the missing pair.

The city of Montreal declared a state of emergency on Sunday afternoon as floodwaters spread from torrential rains that have lashed the city since early on Friday, causing the worst flooding in decades, city officials said.

Man United held by Southampton in 0-0 stalemateConfirming the news, manager Jose Mourinho said Pogba had been given permission to stay in France rather than St. Southampton struggled to relieve the pressure building on manager Claude Puel against an under-strength United.

Mayor Denis Coderre said about 220 residents had been evacuated and that officials were prepared to remove any people who ignored evacuation orders.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited a flood-affected area in Terrasse-Vaudreuil, just west of Montreal on Sunday where he talked to tired, anxious residents and was photographed filling a sandbag.

In Gatineau, Que., near the border with Ontario, 380 residences were evacuated, and some federal employees were advised not to go to work on Monday because of the flooding.

National Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told CTV Sunday that 450 troops are on the ground across the province and that number is increasing.

The forecast, meantime, calls for up to 100 millimetres of rain this weekend in southwestern New Brunswick and between 25 and 50 millimetres in western Nova Scotia and parts of Labrador.